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He’s already a fan of the peaked cap, so he’s halfway there to becoming a Peaky Blinder.

He joins other A list fans of the series including Snoop Dogg, David Bowie, Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise.

Rapper Snoop asked for a three-hour meeting with Peaky Blinders’ creator Steven Knight, who said: “He said Peaky Blinders reminded him so much of how he got into gang culture.

“How Birmingham is like South Central Los Angeles I don’t know, but he’s a huge fan!”

A list fans of Peaky Blinders - Snoop Dogg, Brad Pitt and David Bowie

Brad Pitt told Steven how much he liked Peakys when they worked together on the film Allied, and Steven said he might even find a role for the superstar as a US air force pilot.

David Bowie gave the series permission to use his music just days before his death and Cillian Murphy sent him one of Tommy Shelby’s caps.

Other famous fans include football manager Jose Mourinho, writer Stephen King and film directors Michael Mann and Ron Howard.

Ironically, it was once reported that Samuel L Jackson was moving to Birmingham , causing much excitement until it was revealed to be an internet hoax.

Recently Brummie actor David Harewood was delighted to post a selfie of him and his hero Jackson at an awards ceremony, though then hit out at the American for criticising the casting of black British actors in US films.